Body jewelry - Pros and cons

Body jewelry is a fashion fever that has gripped the youth of today. It is considered to be very fashionable if one wears a body jewelry. What is body jewelry and how is it different from the other regular jewelry that people wear? Well, that is what is detailed in this article. Body jewelry is jewelry worn on unusual parts of the body like the belly button, lips, hands, cheeks, nipples etc., Till now only certain parts of the body have been allowed to be pierced. This is based on the amount of pain that one can withstand. Certain parts like lips have a very sensitive skin and can easily get infected during consumption of food or water. Such parts may be more prone to infection and the pain might not be bearable.

However, body jewelry is an art that is fast picking up. There are a variety of pain killers and medicines which have come in the market to heal the wound faster and also to null the pain during piercing. Even the eye brow is an area where jewels are worn these days. Hence, medications and pain killers are a must when indulging in body jewelry.

Due to the many hassles that are involved in body piercing, The Association of Professional Piercers has come up with a set of regulations which define the materials to be used for a body jewelry, piercing accessories, piercing methods etc., These regulations are common for all countries. Apart from this, the European Union has imposed strict legal regulations on the act of body jewelry and has restricted the areas of the body which can be pierced.

Polished surgical steel is one metal which is widely used in the western countries for body jewelry. Infections if caused can be due to the nickel element in the steel. Hence, they are polished finely to look like a transparent glass with sharp ends. This enables smooth piercing and due to the chromium oxide coating developed after the polishing act, the nickel doesn't get reacted with the skin and cause infections. The process of donning body jewelry also needs to be undertaken in a very clean and hygienic environment to avoid any sort of infections from getting through into the body. Surgical steel is made of many alloys. However, only some of them are used for body jewelry. Body jewelry though has become the heart throb of many young people has to be taken up with lot of caution and with the use of proper methods.